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Month: February 2016

Last week I visited the RSPB at Northward Hill to learn more about the environmental importance of Lodge Hill and the Hoo peninsula. The most striking impression was that what we’re dealing with here is an area made up, not just the Hoo peninsula but the Thames coast line of Essex, the north Kent marshes…

Green Party candidate calls on council to protect Broomhill Park Earlier this week I paid a visit to the Friends of Broomhill, to take a look at their work. The reason for the visit was because The Green Party’s attention was drawn to a small development that had applied for planning permission at Broomhill Park,…

The Prime Minister no less trying to tell us all how to vote in Rochester and Strood by ‘telling’ Labour and Lib Dems to vote Tory to keep out UKIP. The very thought of voting Tory to keep UKIP out is like deciding whether it’s best to gouge out your own eyes with a hot…

1. Would you vote to repeal fully the Health and Social Care Act ? Yes: The Green Party has repeatedly voiced our opposition to the 2012 act and our policy is to fully repeal it. 2. Do you support (a) the reversal of the privatization of the NHS ? Yes: We believe that healthcare should…

Well this has been an interesting journey. Now into the final week after the buzz from the 3 main hustings is beginning to sink in. First we had the Church hustings, which was noticable by the absense of the UKIP candidate Mark Reckless. He mistakenly thought there would be no TV coverage and was therefore…

The Rochester and Strood by-election has been extraordinary in many ways. It has been exciting in ways that no-one could really have imagined 4 weeks ago. It is also really quite disturbing. We all know that UKIP have made immigration their big deal. Pint and fag in hand Farage droning on about how ‘they’re comin’…

We’ve now got an itinerary… well sort of. As close as we’ll get. I’ll post individual reminders as and when but for those that would like a comprehensive list – here’s the schedule of events: 01/11/1411:00am Stall and Leafleting Strood Market and then on to… 01/11/1412:30 ish Hoo 03/11/14Clive filming for Mark Norman BBC SE…

There are many new ideas in the world, they come and go, some have value and stick around a while and others wither and die. Really good ideas cost nothing to dream up and can often spread around a group, even a locality or entire nation and occasionally globally within a remarkably short time. However,…

The only news story worth looking at this morning. The announcement that Clive Gregory will be standing for the Green Party in the Rochester & Strood by-election 2014. The exact date is still to be announced although I might have slightly accidentally mentioned I thought it likely it would be November 6th but for now…

Follow Clive as he battles against the odds of a biased media, corporate money supporting the main protagonists and strong winds in Rochester High St. Week 1 has seen me leafleting and talking to the good people of Rochester & Strood about the evils of the secret deal TTIP, about how it could kill the…